Thursday, September 17, 2009

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut, Sometimes You Don't

I'm sitting here watching some of the news coverage of the ACORN scandal from the week... WOW!

The talking heads are really having at it... It's like "WWE Smackdown" in suits & business wear. To be honest, I'm really pretty entertained. I've found myself smirking--and even chuckling--on a number of occasions.

But then I remember what I'm watching.

And it's not funny anymore.

When I say "It's not funny..." I don't just mean the corruption, the gutter-politics, and the mismanagement of taxpayer money. Those things are certainly NOT funny, but there's something deeper that's really disturbing.

In the midst of the democrat-versus-republican chaos swarming around this bunch of foolishness is an underlying--and sometimes overt--belief by members of both parties that their guy or gal is the savior of the American system & way of life.

That's what I find so disturbing!

Can anyone show me even one politician who has ever been the savior of anything?

How many times have we put our hope in a candidate or a politician only to have the proverbial rug jerked out from under our feet?

When will we learn?

I know the "super-spiritual" answer is to say something like, "Well, that just goes to show you that the only leader you can trust is Jesus!"

Yeah, yeah... I know. But can I just be honest and tell you how sick and tired I am of people having ZERO integrity and the rest of us being OK with it, even if "being OK" means disgustedly rolling our eyes or just giving them that "trust-Jesus" pass?

Corruption is nothing new, of course, and no one is really all that surprised.

But I--for one--am just sick of it... No more nuts for me!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I've had my fill of nuts too!